Along the West Coast, Japanese immigrants had found the small niches, especially in farming, that white Americans had not exploited and become successful at them -- for instance, strawberry farming, which is extremely labor-intensive.

Nikolai Petrovich told various anecdotes about what he called his farming career, talked about the forthcoming government measures, about committees, deputations, the need to introduce new machinery, etc.

Good to hear, I was probably paying too much attention to the stupor bowl to remember that’s all high-fructose syrup nowadays., but I’m disgusted the way U.S. politics have gotten warped to the point where one job in farming is considered to be worth more than ten jobs in an industry in which farm products are an input.